| Date | Lecture | Griffiths Reading | Homework |
|---|
|
Tues 15 Sep
|
1. Course intro and history
| 1 | |
|---|
|
Thurs 17 Sep
|
2. Particle dynamics
|
2 |
PS 1 Assigned |
| Tues 22 Sep |
3. Particle accelerators and detectors |
2 |
|
| Thurs 24 Sep |
4. Special Relativity
|
3.1-3.5 |
|
| Tues 29 Sep |
5. Relativistic kinematics
|
|
|
| Thurs 1 Oct |
6. Symmetries in quantum mechanics
|
4.1-4.2 |
|
| Tues 6 Oct |
7. Isospin symmetry
|
4.3 |
PS 1 due
solutions
PS 2 assigned
|
| Thurs 8 Oct |
8. P, C, CP, and CPT
|
4.4 |
|
| Tues 13 Oct |
9. Lifetimes and decay rates
|
6.1 |
|
| Thurs 24 Oct |
10. Cross sections and rates
|
6.2 |
|
| Tues 20 Oct |
11. Toy theory with Feynman Rules
|
6.2 |
PS 2 due
solutions
PS 3 assigned
|
| Thurs 22 Oct |
12. Relativistic wave functions, Dirac equation
|
7.1-7.4 |
|
| Tues 27 Oct |
13. Other properties of the Dirac Equation
|
7.1-7.4 |
|
| Thurs 29 Oct |
14. Feynman rules for Quantum Electrodynamics
|
7.5-7.6 |
|
| Tues 3 Nov |
15. Gamma matrices, spin summation, etc.
|
7.7-7.8 |
|
| Thurs 5 Nov |
16. QED examples
|
|
PS 3 due
solutions
PS 4 assigned
|
| Thurs 12 Nov |
Midterm
|
|
solution |
| Tues 17 Nov |
17. QED examples
|
9.1-9.3 |
|
| Thurs 19 Nov |
18. Weak interactions: charged-current
|
9.5 |
|
| Tues 24 Nov |
19. Weak interaction of hadrons and the Neutral Current
|
9.6-9.7 |
|
| Thurs 26 Nov |
20. Electroweak unification
|
10.1-10.4 |
|
| Tues 1 Dec |
21. More on electroweak unification
|
10.8 |
PS 4 due
|
| Thurs 3 Dec |
22. The Z boson
|
10.9 |
|
